ForeFlight introduces Mobile Pre-Departure Clearance and Digital ATIS

ForeFlight introduces Mobile Pre-Departure Clearance and Digital ATIS

7-Sep-2018 Source: ForeFlight

ForeFlight, creator of the widely used ForeFlight Mobile Integrated Flight App, now offers customers mobile Pre-Departure Clearance (PDC) and Digital Automated Terminal Information Service (D-ATIS). The PDC service, in partnership with Satcom Direct, automatically delivers, via text and email, departure clearance information at over 70 of the busiest airports in North America, simplifying operations and reducing frequency congestion.

PDCs are official text clearances issued for US IFR flight plans, and include the filed route, the cleared altitude, transponder code, departure frequency, and any special instructions. A PDC replaces (and is the same as) receiving a verbal clearance from Clearance Delivery.

“Customers who have flown with the new PDC and D-ATIS features don’t want to fly without them,” says Tyson Weihs, co-founder and CEO of ForeFlight. “These two valuable tools make flight and avionics setup efficient by eliminating a set of radio communications, they reduce controller workload, and help get the aircraft to the runway faster, which improves on-time performance. These are powerful new additions to what has become one of the industry’s most technically advanced, fast, and accurate flight planning services available.”

“SD is proud to partner with ForeFlight to provide this capability within their platform. We look forward to a continued relationship focused on our shared goal of improving the customer experience and creating better tools for business aviation operators,” commented Jim Jensen, Satcom Direct Founder and CEO.

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